October 22, 2015 Waving goodbye to gestures Gesture recognition was supposed to be the way we would all interact with computers someday. But things aren't looking too bright for the futuristic interface, with two significant products recently waving goodbye to the technology.
October 22, 2015 Audi adds live parking information to cars with Connect service Driving can be fun, but parking is decidedly not. The hunt for a space, the frustration of squeezing into spot when you do find one, a new ding in your car when you return. Those aggravations could be a thing of the past -- if the latest connected car technologies work out.
October 22, 2015 Can the new Xbox One save gaming? For years -- and I mean years -- consumer electronics and computer companies have been struggling to replace the panoply of boxes hanging off American televisions. Game consoles, DVD players, cable boxes, DVRs -- it's a mess. Can the Xbox One fix all that?
October 22, 2015 In tweets we trust ... or not. Marc Andreessen, Peter Thiel debate tech industry Will technology save us and save the economy or is it just spinning its wheels and contributing to stagnant wages and intellectual torpor?
October 22, 2015 The day the muzak (didn't) die With the digital revolution, the drumbeat of failing music-related businesses has been a constant rhythm for several years now. So when it was announced last week that the Muzak brand was retiring, it was hardly a surprise. However, it turns out that the Mantovani of music isn't as moribund as many of us thought.
October 21, 2015 Hands-on with the decade-old predecessor to Google Glasses A little over a decade ago, I spent a day wandering around New York City wearing a device just like the newly announced Google Glass Project, secretly reading e-mail while buying a bottle of wine and flipping through files while pretending to listen to a friend's conversation.
October 21, 2015 Can the Internet save education? The Internet can save everything, even education. At least that's what tech companies would have parents and government officials believe. Too bad it's not true.
October 21, 2015 You are not your Facebook timeline Google announced that it will coordinate all the data it collects on you and Facebook's Timeline is creeping its way across the Web. But in reality, these efforts to turn our lives into fodder for advertisers is failing.
October 21, 2015 Will GPS Tracking Concerns Lead to Smartphone, Website Changes? If the police shouldn't be allowed to track you without a warrant, why is it okay for private companies to do it?
October 21, 2015 Amazon vs. Barnes & Noble: The Battle for E-Book Supremacy How would you feel if you could only read “David Copperfield” on a Kindle but not on a Nook? Or only get the next David Mitchell novel on Barnes & Noble's e-reader but not on Amazon's? Get set for this season's holiday favorite: It's the Great E-book Debate, Charlie Brown!
